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Unclassified road crash in Birmingham B21 on 31 August 2025 at 20:40 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and a Land Rover Range Rover Sport were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham at 20:40 on Sunday 31 August 2025. The 35-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Aug 2025
Sunday, 20:40
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and Land Rover Range Rover Sport
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50601, longitude -1.9492, in the B21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Holyhead, Birmingham, B66 2EH area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025201635633
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 23 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 November 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

  • Vehicle 2: Land Rover Range Rover Sport

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    2,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2025201635633 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Birmingham road accident statistics for 2025.